Orlando Ribeiro's travels

Principe Island. 1952. The Praia Caixão bay, with mangle. © CEG
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St. Tome and Principe

“São Tomé is another world [...] Equatorial climat of abundant rains [...] The humid air ascends in the slopes [...] Impossible to produce wine [...] The roça, similarly to the monte of Alentejo and the fazenda of Brazil, manages to market all the production.”

(Geografia da Expansão Portuguesa, 1961, p. 16)